Luke Evans to star as villain in Disney’s "Beauty and the Beast" March 5, 2015 - 11:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Walt Disney Pictures may have found their Gaston in Luke Evans as the actor reportedly is in talks to take over the role in its upcoming film "Beauty and the Beast (2016)". The planned flick is a live-action retelling of the studio's 1991 animated blockbuster of the same name, AceShowbiz said. In the original tale, Gaston was described as "the handsome antagonist who tried to win Belle's heart and, after losing it to the beast, led a group of townspeople on a hunt to kill the creature." Should a deal be reached, Evans will be joining Emma Watson and Dan Stevens who have been on board the cast, Variety reports. Watson is set to portray Belle, whereas Stevens is reportedly cast as the Beast. Release date has not yet been set, but Disney is eyeing to start production on the feature later this year. Bill Condon is directing from a script written by Evan Spiliotopoulos and rewritten by Steve Chbosky. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films are producing.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
